EDITORIALIt wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that the digital advancement is brining
opportunities, progress, and connectivity as well as uncertainty too. The digital life
is mind-numbing, at times overwhelming as well as exciting. The technology
culture has given us a parallel life. The frantically fast-paced progress in
technology has changed the way we live... Our phones, laptops, have become our
own reflections, our personalities, our likes and dislikes. The digital experiences
from blockchain to artificial intelligence are reshaping our world. And it’s making
our lives faster, quicker, with just one click.
Steven Spielberg had said, “Technology can be our best friend, and technology
can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story,
interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something
wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the
office on the cell phone.”
There is an abundance of beauty in our world. We are blessed with abundance of
beauty, strength, capacity and love on this planet. From nature, landscapes, flora
and fauna, scenic countryside, the sunlight, the moon and rivers, the green earth,
history to our cultures too. It’s also about our roots.
This issue focuses on breathtakingly beautiful Mekong region and Greater
Mekong Sub region. What is great about GMS that people from six countries are
living and working together in harmony. They are collectively achieving goals in
collaboration towards environment, tourism, education etc
SoCultures global magazine believes in exchanging, sharing knowledge and
building collaborations to make us all better humans living in more empowered
nations.
SOCULTURES MAGAZINE MAY-JUNE 2019 / 4